Classical Studies

Subject Overview

Women in Greek Myth by Mary R. Lefkowitz
Call Number: BL795.W65 L44 2007

ISBN: 9780801886492

Publication Date: 2007-08-27

Challenges narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology.
Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion by Matthew Dillon
Call Number: BL795.W65 D55 2002

ISBN: 0415202728

Publication Date: 2001-12-14

Challenges many stereotypes of Greek women and offers insights into their experience of religion.
Pandora's Box by Dora Panofsky; Erwin Panofsky
Call Number: N5635.P361 1995

ISBN: 0691011249

Publication Date: 1995-11-19

Offers a multifaceted look at women in myth, ritual, and daily life in classical Greece.
Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens by H. A. Shapiro; Nikolaos Kaltsas
Call Number: BL795.W65 W6 2008

ISBN: 9780977659845

Publication Date: 2008-12-01

Analyzes the roles women played in the religious life of classical Athens.

Specific Figures

The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor
Call Number: BL820.A6 M39 2014

ISBN: 9780691147208

Publication Date: 2014-09-22

A comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world.
Helen of Troy by Laurie Maguire
Call Number: PN57.H4 M34 2009

ISBN: 9781405126359

Publication Date: 2009-04-27

Explores the ways in which the story of Helen of Troy has been told and retold in almost every century from the ancient world to the modern day.
Medea by James J. Clauss (Editor); Sarah Iles Johnston (Editor)
Call Number: BL820.M37 M43 1997

ISBN: 0691043760

Publication Date: 1997-01-12

Examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature.
Views of Clytemnestra, Ancient and Modern by Sally MacEwen (Editor)
Call Number: PN57.C57 A9 1990

ISBN: 0889466270

Publication Date: 1991-01-01

Analyzes old and new views of Clytemnestra, ranging from that of a fearful monstrosity to that of a mater dolorosa.

This artwork portrays the enchantress Circe poised regally on a throne adorned with leonine figures. Circe is draped in fabric and extends a cup meant for Ulysses in one hand and holds a wand in the other.

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse

A painting of Pandora kneeling in a blue dress on the floor of a forest scene, with trees in the background and a flowing stream nearby. She is about to open a golden chest.

Pandora by John William Waterhouse

University of Florida Home Page

This page uses Google Analytics - (Google Privacy Policy)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.